The Orange Army had several junior teams in action over the weekend and here are the results including a debuting side.
Under 7 Girls:
Earlier in the week club welcomed Andrew Bottomley who became the coach of the new squad. Bottomley was happy to see his players come together and play in that first friendly.
Under 14 Girls (Greens):
Brighouse Town 3-0 Guiseley
Coach Chris Allan particularly pleased with the keeping of another clean sheet for the Greens.
Under 15 Boys:
Brighouse Town 4-1 Worksop Town
Brighouse opened the scoring in the 25th minute through Beau and went into the break leading by that single goal. Worksop equalised earlier in the second half before two goals from Ozzy in the 65th and 73rd minutes and another from Max ten minutes later made the game safe.
Under 14 Lions:
Hepworth 0-8 Lions
Alfie W and Jack Henry both grabbed a hat trick each with Noah and Elliot completing the scoring. Also a special mention for the new Goalkeeper Logan who settled in well.
Players of The Match – Alfie W, Jack Henry and Zach H.
Under 14 Tigers:
Tigers 7-1 Hebden Bridge
Will Tidswell-Smith scoring 5 goals for the hosts with others goals coming from Jed Pearson and an own goal.
Players of The Match – Will Tidswell-Smith, Jed Pearson and Sam Peacock
Under 15 Boys:
Brighouse Town 5-2 Northwram
Goals from Gise x2 and a goal apiece from Callum, Connor and Joshua.
Under 16 Boys:
Yorkshire Elite 2-4 Brighouse Town
From 2-0 at half time Brighouse showed grit and character to turn the result on its head in the JPL.
Under 16 Girls (Orange):
Brighouse Town 0-1 West End Terriers
“A below par performance”.
Under 16 Girls (Green):
Under 16 Shield: Brighouse Town 5-3 Thackley Blizzards
Two goals from Poppy and one each for Fiona, Jaymar, and Shelby saw Brighouse win a hard-fought match against a higher division side. The result was despite going a goal down the side dug in, played our football, and took control of the game running out 5-3 winners. Into the hat for the next round!
